22/26 Chapter 7 presentations:
Ch. 7.1:
Why did immigrants come to the US? they wanted to escape religous persecution. better life, escape rising population in home country. farming
Where did immigrants come from? japan, china, mexico, germany, europe, asia, scandinavia, west indies, mexico.
What problems/issues did immigrants face on the trip over and once they got here? ships had diseases and cramped space. they had to find place to live and job in U.S.
Why did some people want to put restriction on immigration? What were those restrictions? didn't want to give up their cultural identities. you couldn't go if u couldn't read 40 english words. gentlemens agreement, was to keep
Ch. 7.2
Why did cities grow so quickly in the late 1800's and early 1900's? cities were the cheapest and most convenient place to live. they also offered unskilled laborers jobs in mills and factories.
What problems did cities fact due to the rapid increase in population? immigrants faced housing, transportation, water, sanitation, crime, and fire in cities due to crowding and lack of money.
What did some people do to try to help the bad situation in the cities? housing new your city passed a law that set minimum standards for plumbing and ventilation, water- new york and cleveland built public waterworks to handle the increasing demand for water. filtration was introduced in the 1870’s and chlorination in 1908, sanitation many cities developed sewer lines and created sanitation deqartments, crime- new york vity organized the first full time police force, fire
Ch. 7.3
What was the political machine and what did they do for a city? a group of people that gained control of local governments in major cities after the civil war. they provided gov. support for new businesses.
Tell me about Boss Tweed and the Tweed Ring. Boss tweed was the head of tammany hall, NYC’s most powerful democratic political machine. he led the tweed ring-a group of corrupt politicians defrauding new york city. their most famous con was the construction of the NYC courthouse: costed taxpayers $13 million, while construction only cost $3 million.
What caused all this corruption in government? the politicians and political machines greed and desire for money and/or power.
What laws came about to reform government? pendleton civil service act, the wilson gorman tariff raised tariffs to the highest level yet.
Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland and William Mckinley were all presidents during the late 1800's. Were they a reform president or a status quo president?
Blog discussion over family history, we began giving presentations on Chapter 8, I started my part of the powerpoint but did not finish due to time.
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